Grote’s Gripes: MLB Playoffs; Moments To Remember
BRONX, NY – This year is the first of the new expanded format in the MLB Playoffs. I like what it has done to the […]
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Esoteric Thoughts On Week 5 In NFL & MLB Playoffs
THE COUCH – This week we got to confirm some things we had suspected in the NFL & MLB. For example, no, the Arizona Cardinals […]
Crash and Burn: A NY Jets Story
New York, New York– Whelp… Week 4 is in the books and things are plush in Jets Nation, atop the AFC East alongside the Pats […]
Grote’s Gripes: Motown MLB Triple Crown?
DETROIT, MI – Where is the fanfare? Why is Miguel Cabrera’s pursuit of the MLB Triple Crown getting so little press? Every time a horse […]
NFL Week 4 + The A.L. East Dog Fight.
The Couch- The San Francisco 49ers beat the puss out the New York Jets yesterday. And the Atlanta Falcons had some last minute heroics to […]
Grote’s Gripes: Ryder Cup Is Like The Dating Game
MEDINAH, IL – The greatest of all biennial sporting events, the Ryder Cup, begins this Friday. The best golfers in the United States face off […]
Harbaugh, Belichick, Schiano, Goodell: NFL’s Four Guys Named Dick
THE COUCH – I feel happy. I feel redeemed. And not just because the San Francisco 49ers lost. The team many were touting as the […]
Grote’s Gripes: State Of The Mets Address; Where There Is No Smoke…
“This collapse has been epic in that the Mets have set records for futility at home not even the ’62 team can match.” FLUSHING, NY […]
NFL Week 2 + Boxing
Inside the Crystal Ball – A lot of sports writers want to explain what we’ve learned about the NFL after two weeks. Screw that. I’m […]
Grote’s Gripes: Mano A Mano Sports
A quick note about today’s anniversary… September 11, 2001 was a Tuesday morning much like today. Most of us in the New York area lost […]